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* House Speaker John Boehner — who was a last-minute addition to Thursday’s Tonight Show lineup — has abruptly cancelled the appearance, following the unexpected news that Republican Kevin McCarthy has dropped out of the race to succeed him.

* Former Bad Teacher star Ari Graynor has joined the cast of I’m Dying Up Here, Showtime’s Jim Carrey-produced dark comedy pilot about the stand-up scene of 1970s Los Angeles. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Graynor will play Cassie, a smart, witty and ambitious comedian from Texas who wants to be taken as seriously as her male comic contemporaries.

* Season 3 of The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret — IFC’s comedy series starring Arrested Development‘s David Cross as a man who compulsively lies his way through life — will premiere Thursday, Jan. 7, with three episodes airing back-to-back-to-back at 10/9c.